The group will meet again tomorrow, but Pelosi did not seem optimistic about reaching an agreement any time soon. “What we are doing now is conveying our differences: this discovery and understanding of where there may or may not be opportunities,” Pelosi added. Meadows, when he and Mnuchin left McConnell’s …
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Apple CEO Tim Cook will testify before the House Judiciary Committee as part of an antitrust investigation. While the hearing will be tomorrow, Cook shared a statement with the press today about how he believes Apple does not carry out anti-competitive practices, claiming that the App Store does the opposite. …
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The former owner of Chateau Marmont wants to turn the Los Angeles landmark into a private club as the coronavirus pandemic continues to alter the status quo. In an interview published Tuesday in Wall Street Journal, André Balazs said he wants to get out of the traditional hotel business and …
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ClassPass built its business by helping people book exercise classes at local gyms. So when the pandemic forced gyms in the United States to close, the company switched to virtual classes. Then ClassPass received a troubling message from Apple. Because the classes he sold on his iPhone app were now …
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